Method for discovering access points in an industrial facility

Abstract

The current disclosure describes a method for discovering two or more access points in an industrial facility. The method includes receiving a plurality of single user probe responses from the two or more access points over the two or more resource units of the frequency band associated with access point discovery, wherein each single user probe response is received over the resource unit associated with the corresponding access point; and discovering the two or more access points based on the received plurality of single user probe responses from the two or more access points, wherein each access point from the two or more access points is associated with a corresponding resource unit from the two or more resource units and wherein each resource unit is associated with one or more sub carriers in the frequency band.

1 . A method for discovering two or more access points in an industrial facility, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a client device, a plurality of single user probe responses from the two or more access points over two or more resource units of a frequency band associated with access point discovery, wherein each single user probe response of the plurality of single user probe responses is received over a resource unit of the two or more resource units that is associated with the corresponding access point; and   discovering, by the client device, the two or more access points based on the received plurality of single user probe responses from the two or more access points,   wherein each access point from the two or more access points is associated with a corresponding resource unit from the two or more resource units, and   wherein each resource unit is associated with one or more sub carriers in the frequency band.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 transmitting a multi-user probe request to the two or more access points.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each access point from the two or more access points is connected to an industrial network, and
 wherein the industrial network comprises a network management device for configuring with the two or more access points.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the two or more resource units comprise a sequence of resource units. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each single user probe response from a corresponding access point comprises network parameters associated with the corresponding access point. 
     
     
         6 . A client device configured to discover two or more access points in an industrial facility, the client device comprising:
 one or more network interfaces configured to connect to the two or more access points; and   one or more processors connected to the one or more network interfaces, the one or more processors configured to:
 receive a plurality of single user probe responses from the two or more access points over two or more resource units of a frequency band associated with access point discovery, wherein each single user probe response of the plurality of single user probe responses is received over a resource unit of the two or more resource units that is associated with the corresponding access point; and 
 discover the two or more access points based on the received plurality of single user probe responses from the two or more access points, 
 wherein each access point from the two or more access points is associated with a corresponding resource unit from the two or more resource units, and 
 wherein each resource unit is associated with one or more sub carriers in the frequency band. 
   
     
     
         7 . The client device of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 transmit a multi-user probe request to the two or more access points.   
     
     
         8 . The client device of  claim 6 , wherein each access point from the two or more access points is connected to an industrial network, and
 wherein the industrial network comprises a network management device for configuring with the two or more access points.   
     
     
         9 . The client device of  claim 6 , wherein the two or more resource units comprise a sequence of resource units. 
     
     
         10 . The client device of  claim 6 , wherein each single user probe response from a corresponding access point comprises network parameters associated with the corresponding access point. 
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
 receive a plurality of single user probe responses from two or more access points over two or more resource units of a frequency band associated with access point discovery, wherein each single user probe response of the plurality of single user probe responses is received over a resource unit of the two or more resource units that is associated with the corresponding access point; and   discover the two or more access points based on the received plurality of single user probe responses from the two or more access points,   wherein each access point from the two or more access points is associated with a corresponding resource unit from the two or more resource units, and   wherein each resource unit is associated with one or more sub carriers in the frequency band.